Britain's gold medal winning Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock, centre, holds up the Queen's baton for the XXI Commonwealth Games, in front of the Guildhall in the City of London, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. The games will be held on the Gold Coast in Australia in April 2018, with the baton visiting many Commonwealth counties before the opening ceremony in Australia on April 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Queen Elizabeth visits Australia

•January 1, 1970

Crowds of cheering children waving Australian flags welcomed Queen Elizabeth II as she and her husband Prince Philip landed at an Australian air force base in the nation's capital.